The Enhancement of The Pictorial Help Labels with Infographic Symbols and The Effects of Understanding about Side Effects and Medication Methods for Patients
Keywords:
pictorial help labels, infographic symbols, side effects, medication methodsAbstract
This research was an experimental study. The purpose was to enhance the efficiency of pictorial help labels with infographic symbols and to assess the understanding of side effects and medication methods for patients at the Chawai Subdistrict Health Promoting Hospital The data was collected in a sample group of 250 people, 250 people in July and 250 people in September. Using pre-test post-test design study the use of the pictorial help labels the developed image. The study method had 2 steps as follows 1. Design pictorial help labels for all 13 drug lists. 2. Providing pictorial help labels when dispensing the medication to the patient and collecting the information on patient understanding in side effects and drug by the interview method. The results showed that the mean scores of knowledge of side effects and medication methods before and after the pictorial help labels developed were 6.081.83, 7.662.18, respectively, with statistically significant differences (p<.001). The pictorial help labels can significantly increase knowledge, in terms of some pictorial labels of diclofenac, amoxicillin, ferrous fumarate, amlodipine, hydrochlorothiazide, glipizide, dicloxacillin, and atenolol.
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